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Fazle Umar 236 their maturity. The present situation is that in this case the treasure that has to be safeguarded can be preserved secure not by repairing a wall but by pulling it down. God Almighty is pulling down these worldly systems gradually and not at one stroke, because those to whom the rebuilding of this structure is to be committed are being trained in the divine academy of engineering and have not yet completed their training. If all the old structures were to be demolished suddenly there would be a hiatus. That is why God Almighty is demolishing these structures gradually. One wall is pulled down today and another is pulled down tomorrow. One roof is blown up today and another is blown up tomorrow. One room disappears today and another disappears tomorrow. In this way gradu- ally and step by step God Almighty is pulling down, ruining and destroying all the structures, all the mansions and all the materials of the world. He does not design the complete ruin of these structures till those who are being trained in the divine academy have completed their training and are ready to take over. This is the way that God Almighty has opened for the progress of our Community. This change is bound to come about one day, but it is approaching gradually so that those who have to take over should be enabled to complete their training. ” dE TA I L E d C OM M E n TA R y O n T H E H OL y Q U R ’ A n Hadhrat Khalifatul Masih II [ra] always worked very hard and never spared himself. At the best of times he was in indifferent health and sometimes his health broke down for weeks and months. Even during such periods he did not lay aside his work altogether. His magnum opus was a detailed commentary on the Holy Qur’an which he called Tafseer Kabeer (The Great Commentary). It is a most valuable exposi- tion of the numberless verities comprised in the Holy Book and is a great milestone in the history of the exegesis of the Holy Qur’an.